Organic Standards Under Sneak Attack Today!

Call
Congress Tell Them Not to Weaken the Organic Food Law!

Tell
the offices below to say No to dangerous organic amendment backed by
the Organic Trade Association!

At 4 p.m today Congress
will consider an amendment to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill sponsored
by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) that would weaken the organic
food law. The amendment would allow:

numerous
synthetic processing aids to be used in organic food without any public
review;

could allow young dairy cows to be treated with antibiotics and fed
genetically engineered feed prior to being converted to organic production;

create
a loophole in which organic ingredients could be substituted with
non-organic ingredients without any consumer notice based upon “emergency
decrees.”

The amendment was
stopped in the Senate by consumer pressure two weeks ago but industry
pressure has brought in back! We need your help again!!!

Call the following
offices now and tell to reject the OTA Organic Amendment from Agricultural
Appropriation Bill.

U.S. House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA,
and Related Agencies(All area codes 202)